Saturday, November 24, 2012

Welcome to the 2nd Hard Core Crop!

We are celebrating the Holiday season with challenges designed to get you inspired to create for the Holidays. Visit the Core Blog for crop rules. We are at the Hard Core Cropper (HCC) Crop FaceBook Page where you can chat and hang out with fellow HCCers - join us! You never know when challenges or giveaways will pop up...just sayin'!

I used Core'dinations/David Tutera Celebrate Cardmaking System products like their paper backing from A7 Lace Linked Assortment (DT-GX-7200-06) and cut out the snowflakes to place on my gift bag. Then I added the lace part of the same set and sentiments from Black/White Sentiments Stickers (DT-GX-7300-39). Just like that it's ready to go!

PRIZE:

David Tutera Celebrate Cardmaking System
Prizes Packages will vary due to availability but will be of equal value shown

RULES:

Challenges must post on the Linkinz below: Don't have a blog? Use an online photo sharing sites such as Photobucket and Flickr that provides links.

Link by 8 pm, December 2nd (Sunday): All winners must email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com by DECEMBER 12th with their name, address, phone number and prize they won in the subject line. For ex.: Core'dinations Crop Tillie Prize pack Winner.

Can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for playing along!
MargieH xo

Friday, November 23, 2012

Hope my friends in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a VERY low key but productive day - opened windows (in the 60s!) and cleaned the entire house, top to bottom! LOL! Today, it's in the low 30s with sprinkles of snow?! Only in Chicago! LOL!!

With all the Thanksgiving festivities, you will need to thank your host (unless you are the host - lol!), right? So I created a series of thank you card just for you :0)

To finish, I added trim, pearls, flowers and wrote a sentiment on the stickers with my ZIG Writer. The folder only holds two but I got carried away and created four! These Die D-Lites are just so cute!!

All the Spellbinders Die Templates are available at Scrap-mart.com! If the die you are looking for is not listed, check back later as we just had a big blow out sale on them and they will need to reorder.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and I hope that you are with loved ones or at least have plans! We are spending a quiet day with just the four of us. But today, I posted on KURETAKE ZIG® Blog featuring this Thanksgiving Place Card post!

A couple of weeks ago, KURETAKE ZIG sent me box templates to do projects with them. SOoo I did something "OUT OF THE BOX" with Gift Box Template Heart and use it as a place card! LOL!

TIP: When scoring, I flipped the template over and matched the cut paper with the score lines. SO MUCH EASIER and no second guessing.

With the ZIG 2-Way Glue Chisel Tip, I assembled the box. Love this adhesive because when the liquid is blue, it's permanent and when it's clear, it's repositionable (aka 2-WAYS to use it)!

Then I inked the edges with Distress Ink for a finished look.

I used the ZIG 2-Way Glue Chisel Tip and adhered three boxes together...are they starting to look like turkey feathers?! LOL!! Next, I accordion folded a strip of patterned paper. Then I added the cattails die cut (I trimmed a little off) and stickers. I wrote my son's name on a tag with the black ZIG WRITER Pen...done!

These can be filled with candy, little toys..anything! Since Hiro is a teen, didn't want to make it too cute for him! HA!

To my friends in the U.S., have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! I am thankful for your friendship and for always taking the time to leave me comment - THANK YOU!!

Friday, November 16, 2012

Today I created a masculine birthday card for a sweet friend who is celebrating a birthday today! This theme always stumps me and I don't know why...I am a wife, mom of boys and sister to two wonderful brothers. So what's my hang up?! LOL!!

I used Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Nestabilities® Card Creator series for the card front and added Market Square stickers to form a cluster to come up with this card :)

So happy birthday, Ken! Hope you have many wonderful wishes coming to you today and hope you like the card!

Here is something I think you all would like if you are a Spellbinders Fan...

This is an amazing sale and if you have some funds, I say now is the time to purchase :) Read the Rules for details by clicking the above image! If you can't get in the first time, keep trying and the deadline is Monday, Nov. 19th @ Midnight U.S. Central Standard Time.

Have a great day everyone! THANK YOU as always for stopping in! xo
MargieH

NOTE:
Medallion Three set has two dies (BORDER DIE & INSET DIE). The BORDER DIE has two different uses - 1) a singular shape: it creates solid die cut; 2) nested with INSET DIE: it creates a beautiful accent. The INSET DIE used alone: creates a wonderful embedded pattern.

In my project, I used the BORDER DIE to cut out my window. The INSET DIE was used only to emboss a beautiful pattern into my cardstock. Sand all to let the pink come out of the inner core of the cardstock for a beautiful highlight!

REMEMBER ALL ARE AVAILABLE AT Scrap-mart.com!! Get them while they are in stock - they are popular :0)

We started with a morning wedding ceremony, a luncheon reception, a KARAOKE cocktail reception (younger crowd) and a post party in our two story honeymoon suite! Friends came from around the world so we made sure to spend time with them all.

Next I pulled out these swirly bling from Want2Scrap - they were PERFECT in color and style. To fit the corner of the page, I cut them apart and placed as shown. I also used some bling around the circle (seen in finished picture).

For the cluster, I cut/embossed S2-003 Fantastic Flourish Three die twice (a single die cut and one solid shape) and assembled. Stickers were used as my title and subtitle. Using Black 3D Foam Squares, I layered a few of the sticker pieces (a smaller circle was added later) and topped it with a little bling.

Here's another look at the page...

If I had to do it all over again, would do this in a heart beat! WOW, 20 YEARS!! Love ya, Hosho! Thanks for putting up with me ;0P